Imprisoned NFL star Michael Vick will be allowed to serve the last months of his sentence under home confinement because there is no room at a halfway house for him, a government official told The Associated Press Thursday.
At least he'll have more time to contest the $63 billion lawsuit against him.
The former Atlanta quarterback is currently serving a 23-month sentence at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., after pleading guilty to bankrolling a dogfighting operation at a home he owned in eastern Virginia’s Surry County.
He also admitted to participating in the killing of underperforming dogs.
Lawyers for Michael Vick expected him to be moved any day into a halfway house in Newport News. But because of a lack of space, Vick will be released instead to his spacious home in nearby Hampton at some point on or after May 21.
The Hampton house is one of four Michael Vick still owns, according to his bankruptcy court papers. He sold the Surry County property that served as headquarters for his Bad Newz Kennelz ring soon after his July 2007 indictment.
Vick will be on electronic monitoring and confined to the house, only allowed to leave for activities approved by his probation officer, the official said.
Most likely, that does not include murdering dogs with his bare hands.
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February 26th, 2009 8:55 PM
In award-winning tattoo artist and Pit Bull activist Brandon Bond’s new film Vicktory to the Underdog, Brandon takes the unusual and highly controversal stance that Michael Vick deserves a second chance. Vicktory to the Underdog is a behind-the-scenes look into the lives of rescued Pit Bulls, including several of the Vick dogs, and the process of socializing them after a lifetime of torture and abuse.
Rather than focusing on the dog fighting problem, the movie sheds light on solutions leading to "Vicktory" for all the characters in the movie, including heavily tattooed people, parolees, Pit Bulls and anyone who society has turned their back on through ignorance and prejudice. The film explores second chances and expresses the opinion than even Michael Vick deserves one, a highly controversial perspective within the animal rights community.
The documentary, which will debut at the Great Pit Ball, an all-day charity event on March 14 in Las Vegas to save Villalobos Animal Rescue Center, the largest rehabilitation facility for abused Pit Bulls in the world, features several notable names, including Bob Barker (“The Price is Right”), Danny Trejo (From Dusk Til Dawn, Heat) and Senator Chip Rogers, who just passed a bill in Georgia to make dogfighting a felony.
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February 27th, 2009 10:11 AM
I think someone needs to do to him what he did to those poor dogs....
May 21st, 2009 1:57 AM
I agree, he should be locked in a cage with a bunch of pit bulls as they rip his ass, then hang him !!!!!